Bioreactors
News
Merck Millipore launches 200-litre single-use stirred tank bioreactor– 18-Nov-2011
Unique container design enables simple, reliable and robust installation
Sartorius Stedim wins Frost & Sullivan innovation award– 27-Sep-2011
In recognition of its single-use bioreactor technology
PBS Biotech buys Integrity CMI– 23-Aug-2011
Expanding biotech firm acquires full-service medical device manufacturer
Helsinn to build €15.4m cytotoxic plant in Switzerland– 3-Mar-2011
Will start commissioning laboratory projects in 2012
ATMI completes expansion of Minnesota facility– 29-Jul-2010
Doubles production capacity for single-use bioprocess products
ATMI adds ultra-clean bioprocess vessels to single-use product line– 17-Jun-2010
New storage containers are compatible with Integrity mixers, bioreactors and transfer vessels
Articles
Leak detection in process vessels– 17-Aug-2011
In the manufacture of biologicals single-use disposable flexible vessels are commonly used as bioreactors, mixers and sterile fill stations. To guarantee the vessels are of the quality needed to ensure process integrity, they must be proven free from biological contamination and free of leaks that could be an ingress route for contaminants such as bacteria. The traditional pressure decay method has significant limitations, so ATMI has created a reliable and repeatable method involving pressurising the vessel with helium instead of air. By using this method, defects as small as 10µm can be easily detected.